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Improving health and welfare of pigs - A handbook for organic pig farmers

Holinger, Mirjam; Edwards, Sandra; Illmann, Gudrun; Leeb, Christine; Melišová, Michala; Prunier, Armelle; Rudolph, Gwendolyn and Früh, Barbara (2015) Improving health and welfare of pigs - A handbook for organic pig farmers. 2015 edition. Handbook. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), CH-Frick, CH-Frick.

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Summary

The handbook summarizes the expertise of farmers, consultants, scientists and technical literature for maintaining the health of pigs. The recommendations are intended to support farmers and consultants in the development of an optimal pig husbandry. By means of simple checklists, the manual lists possible causes and behavioural disorders for the major problem areas, and suggests measures for their correction.


EPrint Type:Book
Keywords:handbook, organic, pig, farmers, Fertility Problems, Housing, Feeding, Management, Treatment, Fertility, Sows, Boars, Diarrhoea, Piglets, Weaners, Finishers, Respiratory Problems, Injuries, Skin lesions, Tail lesions, Lameness, Vulva lesions, Swellings, Welfare Problems, Piglet mortality, MMA, parasites
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Health and welfare
Research affiliation: European Union > CORE Organic II > ProPIG
Austria > FiBL Austria
Austria > Univ. BOKU Wien > Sustainable Agr. Systems - NUWI
European Union
European Union > CORE Organic II
ISBN:978-3-03736-278-5
Deposited By: Weidmann, Gilles
ID Code:28853
Deposited On:08 Jul 2015 13:54
Last Modified:08 Jul 2015 14:00
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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